Günther Eysenbach

39.4k total citations · 11 hit papers
107 papers, 15.5k citations indexed

About

Günther Eysenbach is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Günther Eysenbach has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 15.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in General Health Professions, 31 papers in Health and 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Günther Eysenbach's work include Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (32 papers), Social Media in Health Education (31 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (14 papers). Günther Eysenbach is often cited by papers focused on Health Literacy and Information Accessibility (32 papers), Social Media in Health Education (31 papers) and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications (14 papers). Günther Eysenbach collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Germany and United States. Günther Eysenbach's co-authors include John Powell, EunRyoung Sa, Oliver Kuß, J. E. Till, Jeremy C Wyatt, Thomas L. Diepgen, Marina Englesakis, Anita Stern, Carlos Rizo-Maestre and Nicol Nijland and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS Biology.

In The Last Decade

Günther Eysenbach

104 papers receiving 14.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Law of Attrition

2005 1.9k citations Günther Eysenbach Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
How do consumers search for and appraise health information on the world wide web? Qualitative study using focus groups, usability tests, and in-depth interviews

2002 1.4k citations Günther Eysenbach BMJ profile →
Empirical Studies Assessing the Quality of Health Information for Consumers on the World Wide Web

2002 1.4k citations Günther Eysenbach, John Powell et al. profile →
Table S1 - Pandemics in the Age of Twitter: Content Analysis of Tweets during the 2009 H1N1 Outbreak

2015 900 citations Günther Eysenbach et al. OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University) profile →
Health related virtual communities and electronic support groups: systematic review of the effects of online peer to peer interactions

2004 881 citations Günther Eysenbach, John Powell et al. BMJ profile →
A Holistic Framework to Improve the Uptake and Impact of eHealth Technologies

2011 767 citations Günther Eysenbach et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
Can Tweets Predict Citations? Metrics of Social Impact Based on Twitter and Correlation with Traditional Metrics of Scientific Impact

2011 749 citations Günther Eysenbach Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
Ethical issues in qualitative research on internet communities

2001 647 citations Günther Eysenbach, J. E. Till BMJ profile →
Using the Internet for Surveys and Health Research

2002 600 citations Günther Eysenbach et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →
Citation Advantage of Open Access Articles

2006 538 citations Günther Eysenbach profile →
Social Media: A Review and Tutorial of Applications in Medicine and Health Care

2014 491 citations Francisco J Grajales, Günther Eysenbach et al. Journal of Medical Internet Research profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Günther Eysenbach

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Optimization of an eHealth Solution (Thought Spot) with Transition-Aged Youth in Postsecondary Settings: Participatory Design Research 2018 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Andrew Johnson, Elisa Hollenberg, Gloria Chaim, Kristin Cleverley, Günther Eysenbach, Joanna Henderson, Andrea Levinson, Janine Robb, Sarah Sharpe, Aristotle N. Voineskos, David Wiljer	26
2	Online distribution channel increases article usage on Mendeley: a randomized controlled trial 2017 ·Scientometrics ·Paul Kudlow, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Aviv Shachak, (unknown), Arun Ravindran, Günther Eysenbach	14
3	TrendMD: Helping scholarly content providers reach larger and more targeted audiences 2016 ·Learned Publishing ·Paul Kudlow, (unknown), Aviv Shachak, (unknown), Günther Eysenbach	5
4	Patient Preferences and Perspectives on Accessing Their Medical Records 2015 ·Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences ·(unknown), Kevin J. Leonard, Günther Eysenbach	11
5	Table S1 - Pandemics in the Age of Twitter: Content Analysis of Tweets during the 2009 H1N1 Outbreak breakdown → 2015 ·OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University) ·(unknown), Günther Eysenbach	900
6	Wikis and Collaborative Writing Applications in Health Care: A Scoping Review 2013 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Patrick Archambault, Tom H van de Belt, Francisco J Grajales, Marjan J. Faber, Craig Kuziemsky, Susie Gagnon, (unknown), (unknown), W. L. D. M. Nelen, Marie‐Pierre Gagnon, Alexis F. Turgeon, (unknown), (unknown), Julien Poitras, Günther Eysenbach, Jan A.M. Kremer, France Légaré	59
7	The Role of Social Media for Patients and Consumer Health 2011 ·Yearbook of Medical Informatics ·Katie A. Siek, Luis Fernández-Luque, (unknown), (unknown), Simon Y. W. Li, Peter L. Elkin, (unknown), (unknown), Chee Siang Ang, Günther Eysenbach, Annie Lau	39
8	Can Tweets Predict Citations? Metrics of Social Impact Based on Twitter and Correlation with Traditional Metrics of Scientific Impact breakdown → 2011 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Günther Eysenbach	749
9	Use of Unstructured Event-Based Reports for Global Infectious Disease Surveillance 2009 ·Emerging infectious diseases ·Mikaela Keller, (unknown), Herman Tolentino, Clark C. Freifeld, Kenneth D. Mandl, Abla Mawudeku, Günther Eysenbach, John S. Brownstein	141
10	Patient Accessible Electronic Health Records: Exploring Recommendations for Successful Implementation Strategies 2008 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·David Wiljer, Sara Urowitz, Emma Apatu, (unknown), Günther Eysenbach, Tamara Harth, Howard Pai, Kevin J. Leonard	129
11	Infodemiology: tracking flu-related searches on the web for syndromic surveillance. 2006 ·PubMed ·Günther Eysenbach	324
12	The open access (OA) advantage: evidence for preferential citation of open access articles 2005 ·Technology and Health Care ·Günther Eysenbach	1
13	Health related virtual communities and electronic support groups: systematic review of the effects of online peer to peer interactions breakdown → 2004 ·BMJ ·Günther Eysenbach, John Powell, Marina Englesakis, Carlos Rizo-Maestre, Anita Stern	881
14	DAERI - A Case Database for Adverse Events Related to the Internet. 2002 ·PubMed Central ·Christian Köhler, Günther Eysenbach	2
15	Scientific papers: MedCIRCLE - the collaboration for internet rating, certification, labelling, and evaluation of health information 2002 ·Technology and Health Care ·Christian Köhler, Stéfan Darmoni, Miguel Ángel Mayer, Thomas Roth–Berghofer, (unknown), Günther Eysenbach	3
16	MedCIRCLE - Collaboration for Internet Rating, Certification, Labeling and Evaluation of Health Information on the Semantic World Wide Web. 2002 ·PubMed Central ·Günther Eysenbach, Christian Köhler, Thomas Roth–Berghofer, Miguel Ángel Mayer, (unknown), Stéfan Darmoni	2
17	Ethical issues in qualitative research on internet communities breakdown → 2001 ·BMJ ·Günther Eysenbach, J. E. Till	647
18	Towards ethical guidelines for dealing with unsolicited patient emails and giving teleadvice in the absence of a pre-existing patient-physician relationship — systematic review and expert survey 2000 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·Günther Eysenbach	46
19	Medicine and medical education in Europe : the Eurodoctor 1998 ·Thieme eBooks ·Günther Eysenbach	6
20	Towards quality management of medical information on the internet: evaluation, labelling, and filtering of informationHallmarks for quality of informationQuality on the internetAssuring quality and relevance of internet information in the real world 1998 ·BMJ ·Günther Eysenbach, Julie A. Gray, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	352

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